Kamala Harris has tightened the presidential race against Donald Trump in key battleground states that Joe Biden was on track to lose, new polls show.
The vice president is tied with Trump in Michigan and Pennsylvania, up by six per cent in Minnesota, and down by one per cent in Wisconsin.
Harris has erased the lead Trump was building in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin before Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday.
The poll by Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research conducted on July 22 to 24 for Fox News added to other polls showing the race tightening.
Kamala Harris has tightened the presidential race against Donald Trump in key battleground states that Joe Biden was on track to lose, new polls show
Trump is up by one per cent in Wisconsin, but his leads in key states have been erased since Joe Biden dropped out and Kamala became his likely replacement
However, the races were head-to-head and did not take into account the effect of third-part candidates like Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Harris and Trump had 49 per cent of the vote each in Michigan and Pennsylvania, while Trump had 50 per cent to Harris’ 49 per cent in Wisconsin.
Minnesota, a usually blue state that was increasingly in play, is back to looking out of Trump’s reach as he has 46 per cent to Harris’ 52 per cent.
Polls before Biden dropped out had the president down between two and nine per cent in Pennsylvania, one to seven in Michigan, and about three in Wisconsin.
The Fox News poll did not survey voters nationally, but others by the New York Times and a few more pollsters had Harris or Trump up by only one per cent.
Harris must win Pennsylvania to have a chance of beating Trump, and likely needs Michigan and Wisconsin as well.
Losing Minnesota would be a shock and mean the Democrats were in danger of suffering a landslide defeat.
More to come.